Test 10 · Life begins: being born and growing up
Leo's friend is a Jehovah's Witness and does not come to birthday parties. What is the respectful view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, respectful view · What happens: be, not come · To what, where: Witness, birthday parties
This is test 10 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Leo's friend is a Jehovah's Witness and does not come to birthday parties.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Leo | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Witness | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Witness | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Jehovah | det |
| 6 | Jehovah | Jehovah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Witness | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Jehovah | case |
| 8 | Witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 come | cc |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 come | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 come | advmod |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Witness | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 parties | case |
| 14 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 parties | compound |
| 15 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 come | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Witness | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Leo's friend | a Jehovah's Witness | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not come | present · do-support | Leo's friend not said here | birthday parties | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What is the respectful view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the respectful view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It is his family's faith and choice, and we respect it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 faith | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 faith | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 family | nmod:poss |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faith | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 family | case |
| 6 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 choice | cc |
| 8 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faith | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 respect | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 respect | cc |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 respect | nsubj |
| 12 | respect | respect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 faith | parataxis |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 respect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | his family's faith and choice | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | respect | present | we | choice | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Birthdays are a law, so he must celebrate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birthdays | birthday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 law | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 law | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 law | det |
| 4 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 celebrate | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 celebrate | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 celebrate | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 celebrate | aux |
| 9 | celebrate | celebrate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 law | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Birthdays | a law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | celebrate | must | he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He must be sulking, so ignore him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sulking | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sulking | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sulking | aux |
| 4 | sulking | sulk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ignore | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 ignore | advmod |
| 7 | ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 sulking | parataxis |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ignore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | must · progressive | He | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | ignore | infinitive | him = he | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
He is wrong and should be made to come
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 made | cc |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 made | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 made | aux:pass |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wrong | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 come | mark |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | should · passive | He not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | come | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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